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Dave Eggers is the New York Times best-selling author of “Heroes of the Frontier,” “The Circle,” and “A Hologram for the King.” He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and has received countless awards for his works, including Time Best Book of the Year, the American Book Award, and the New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company based in San Francisco. Eggers is the co-founder of 826 National, a network of seven youth tutoring centers around the country, and ScholarMatch, a nonprofit organization designed to connect students with resources, schools, and donors to make college possible. His newest book for young readers is “The Lifters,” an adventure in an underground full of tunnels and mystery.

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Bay Area Book Festival

Over the weekend of May 4th and 5th, 2019, the Fifth Anniversary Bay Area Book Festival will fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book.